Rocket Man's 02 Denali Build Thread AKA "THE BEAST"

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Awesome!! Yeah, my bigass garage had a whole ONE outlet when I moved in... thankfully, the sub-panel from when the basement was finished is right on the front wall of the garage, and had plenty of free spots, and plenty of cable capacity.. I added 3 -20amp circuits out there, and can still put in 220 whenever I get something that needs it, as I already have the second leg to the panel. Same with my shed wiring I installed last year.

I think I put 10 or 11 outlets in the garage and the shed is just ridiculous. I think there are 7, plus an exterior one, in 120sq ft. [emoji23][emoji1787] but I do use the shed as a half a shop all the time.

And I’m with 89Suburban... I hate texturing. The drywall and taping isn’t so bad but the texture. Bah..! I did get pretty good at orangepeel texture at my old house, but this one is knockdown and I just cannot get it right.
BTW I have 20 outlets on that one wall.....(3) doubles over the bench, a double at floor level by the front overhead door and 2 singles at floor level behind the wire shelves.:eek:
 

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This wall came out pretty decent for 2 coats of mud and just primer. There will be no lack of outlets over my workbench, and I added a switched outlet for under cabinet lighting that I’ll install after I build a cabinet over the bench. I have 2 more 8’ led lights coming today and I’ll get rid of the final fluorescent. Amazon delivered the first pair of them a few days after they were scheduled so they let me request a refund. So that set cost me nothing instead of the $140 they listed for.

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Did you do your own electrical? Over here to do anything you need a permit, then it's inspected by the town. Don't get caught doing any improvements without a permit!!
Well I have hundreds of building the shed. lol

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And yes, I do have 2 circuits in the shed. [emoji23]06e559e81194a677a76c64c3bd680018.jpg
Nice! Man, I wish I knew how to do stuff like this. Good job you guys!!
 
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Did you do your own electrical? Over here to do anything you need a permit, then it's inspected by the town. Don't get caught doing any improvements without a permit!!

Nice! Man, I wish I knew how to do stuff like this. Good job you guys!!
It’s legal here to do your own electrical if it’s your residence. Of course you’re supposed to get a permit and get it inspected but they’re not gonna look into a small project like this. I know codes from being in construction all my life so it would pass if I needed it to. People here do all kinds of stuff without permits, additions etc. You should see a couple of the houses in my neighborhood- dudes clearly had no idea how to build shit and yet they did, and got away with it. If they were to get inspected I guarantee they would have to tear them down.
 

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It’s legal here to do your own electrical if it’s your residence. Of course you’re supposed to get a permit and get it inspected but they’re not gonna look into a small project like this. I know codes from being in construction all my life so it would pass if I needed it to. People here do all kinds of stuff without permits, additions etc. You should see a couple of the houses in my neighborhood- dudes clearly had no idea how to build shit and yet they did, and got away with it. If they were to get inspected I guarantee they would have to tear them down.
Yup. Same here. In fact I consulted with a master electrician, since I had the ability, and he’s a super nice guy. Didn’t charge me anything, and wouldn’t take anything for his time. I had power to the hot tub in a sub panel, so wanted to extend that power to the shed. So I spoke with him about how to do it to code. Did all the work myself, but with something like that, I wanted to make sure it was done correctly. Even dug my trench 18” down even though he said I only needed to do 12”. (Carrying more voltage requires more depth)
 
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This has turned into my garage build thread lol. Oh well, not working on The Beast until Spring (hopefully) so the garage it is. I got the big pos contraption torn off the ceiling and got the framing for the attic stairs done so now the ceilings ready for Sheetrock.

Next is another run for 1 1/8” ply, 3/4” ply and the rock for the ceiling. I’ll be re- doing one of the original cabinets, here it is. Stay tuned to see what it comes out like. The wood is all high quality stuff and I’m thinking of sanding and staining it in clear deck stain that I have left over but it might get painted. Notice how perfectly flat the plywood doors still are. This one goes over the w/d and I plan on a new one over the bench that I’m building.

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This has turned into my garage build thread...


Whenever you're finished with the garage, or at least get it to a point of function like how you want, just pull your Denali into it and perform some form of maintenance (check air pressure?), then drive it out into the back yard. This will officiate that the garage mods were, in fact, pertinent to your modding/servicing/building of your Denali and you will no longer be in violation of any forum rules or ethics, expressed or implied, and you will no longer be in danger of being banned from TYF.

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